You can certainly get why Joc Pederson wanted this hit to be a walk-off home run so badly that he did a premature celebration bat-flip before it turned out not to be a dinger.
It would have been a game-winner against his former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who chose not to re-sign him after the 2020 season, so maybe the Chicago Cubs outfielder wanted to stick it to the franchise.
Alas. But it made for a fantastic highlight, especially because the Cubs won in extra innings anyway, and this was a sac fly to tie up the game. So it’s not that bad!
Joc Pederson bat flipped a sac fly 💀 pic.twitter.com/ffjstknFBv
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) May 6, 2021
Joc Pederson thought he had the walk-off 😅 pic.twitter.com/8UlOgj7Yr3
— ESPN (@espn) May 6, 2021
Too good.
